Lake Manitoba Narrows Walleye Northern Pike Ice Fishing
Wintertime in Canada usually means a slow down in fishing related activities. You might decide to go to one of the few outdoor shows to help you get through cabin fever, or if you are a fly fisherman/tyer you might decide to replenish your empty fly box, or you can head out for the hardwater season [...]
Santa Singh moved to Vancouver, Canada and got bored in winter with nothing to do. So he decided to learn something new and different for a winter hobby. Then, he went to the bookstore and bought every book he could find on ice fishing. He studied and was pretty much an expert in the field. [...]
Manitobans and visitors will be able to fish without a licence Feb. 19-21, the province announced this morning in proclaiming the first Winter Family Fishing Weekend. “We encourage Manitobans and visitors to take advantage of this free ice fishing weekend as a healthy winter activity and an opportunity to enjoy Manitoba’s great outdoors,” Water Stewardship [...]
Fishing becomes an entirely new sport when winter arrives in Algoma Country. Ice fishing is a way of life in the north; quiet frozen lakes await visitors ready to relax and socialize among fellow anglers. Fishermen can be assured of a fishing experience like no other: a hole drilled through thick ice, a warm ice [...]
Stop-go retrieves are particularly effective with surface lures. Usually it’s best to fish these baits slowly and with long pauses. What’s most important is to keep the line nearly taut when the lure is at rest. The bait usually drifts toward you. and if slack develops – even a little slack – you won’t be [...]
WINNIPEG — The Rural Municipality of St. Clements is mounting a campaign to have the province ban ice-fishing shacks from the Red River in a bid to end the mess left behind each spring. In a letter to Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick, the rural municipality north of Winnipeg says it’s seeking support from the [...]
Manitoba Conservation officials seized 11 ice fishing shacks from the Red River on Wednesday morning. It’s part of a plan to help keep the river clean once spring arrives, officials say. Every ice shack must have a name, address and phone number written on it so conservation officials can identify the owner if they have [...]
MANITOBA Conservation has landed the big one — a dozen ice-fishing huts on the Red River without owner identification. André Desrosiers, a natural resource officer based in Selkirk, said that after more than eight years of trying to persuade ice fishers to legibly scrawl their names and addresses near the door of their ice huts, [...]
Ice Fishermen have been getting the message since Manitoba Conservation confiscated 12 ice fishing shacks from the Red River north of Selkirk last weekend because there were no names or contact information on them.. Conservation officer Andre Desrosiers told Let’s talk Fishin on CJOB Wednesday night all the shacks they’ve checked this week have been [...]
